ümlaut

See also: umlaut and Umlaut

English

Etymology

The word umlaut with an umlaut added.

Noun

ümlaut (plural ümlauts)

  1. (hyperforeign) Alternative spelling of umlaut.
    • 1998 November 26, Becca, “Meaning of Darth”, in rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc, Usenet‎, retrieved 2022-06-26:
      >> >...with to dots over the "o".

      that would be an ümlaut......
    • 2000 December 5, Per Abrahamsen, “NT Emacs 20.7 and Coding Systems ?”, in comp.emacs.xemacs, Usenet‎, retrieved 2022-06-26:
      The German 'ä' is really an 'a' with an ümlaut, while the Swedish 'ä' is a separate letter closely related to the Danish letter 'æ' (which incidentally is not the same as the 'ae' ligature).
    • 2002 September 3, Barney, “Willow meets Tara?”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer, Usenet‎, retrieved 2022-06-26:
      >> >You just had to mention Doppelgangland again to show us you were spelling it correctly now, right, John? :)

      You're still spelling it wrong. The "a" needs an ümlaut: Doppelgänger
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